interluco

Latin

Etymology

    From inter- + lūcus (“sacred grove”) + -ō. Compare sublūcō and collucō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    interlūcō (present infinitive interlūcāre, perfect active interlūcāvī, supine interlūcātum); first conjugation (transitive)

    1. (horticulture) to thin
      • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 17.45:
        illam inscientiam pudendam esse conveniet adultas interlucare iusto plus et in senectam praecipitare
        • 1950 translation by H. Rackham
          It will be agreed that it shows shameful ignorance to thin full-grown trees more than a proper amount and hasten them into old age
    2. to clear foliage so as to let light through
      • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 17.35.214:
        deputantur cum vite pariter interlucata densitate ramorum qui sint supervacui et absumant alimenta
        • 1950 translation by H. Rackham
          They are pruned together with the vine, light being let through the density of branches that are superfluous and consume nutriment

    Conjugation

    References

    • “interluco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • interluco in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
    • “interluco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Harm Pinkster, editor (2018), “interlūcō”, in Woordenboek Latijn/Nederlands‎[1], 7th revised edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC
    • “interlūco” in volume 7, column 221, line 9 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
    • Gonçalves, Joaquim Affonso (1936), “interluco”, in Lexicon Magnum Latino-Sinicum‎[2], 3rd edition, Peking: Typis Congregationis Missionis